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Leadership

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors (BoD) is the governing body for the Society and is elected by the membership. The BoD meets two times a year to debate and discuss the activities of the society.

2026 Division 49 Officers

President
Joe Miles, PhD
Associate Dean for Institutional Transformation
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

President-elect
Michele D. Ribeiro, EdD, ABPP
Western University of Health Sciences
COMP-Northwest

Treasurer
Dennis Kivlinghan, PhD
Professor, Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education
University of Maryland

Domain Representatives

Diversity: David Songco, PsyD (2024–26)
Assistant Professor, Learning Community
Navigato Medical College of Wisconsin

Early Career Professional: Amanda Acevedo-Morales, PsyD

Education and Training: Nathaniel Wade, PhD
Professor, Associate Department Chair
University of Iowa

Group Psychology: Ronn Johnson, PhD (2024–26) 
Associate Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Creighton University

Practice: Jill Paquin, PhD (2024–26)
Professor, Counseling Psychology
Chatham University

Research: Martin Kivlinghan, PhD
Profession, Counseling Psychology
University of Iowa

Student Representatives

Ilana Ander (2025–26) 
Graduate Student Representative
Fordham University

Megan Prass (2026–28)
Graduate Student Representative
University of Iowa

APA Council Representative

Ale DeSilva, PsyD, CGP, AGPA-F
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
The George Washington University

 

Last updated: September 2025Date created: 2011

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